HEAVY CALENDAR ACCUMULATES
Legislature Hums With Activity For Remaining Days
End Of Session Will
Not Be Reached ’Til
Well Into Next Week
Raleigh, April 24th—The Senate
Finance committee, receiving the
House Revenue Bill Friday, after
afternoon and night sessions, an
nounced by midnight that it had
increased the two per cent general
sales tax rate to three per cent,
eliminated the half-mill tax on
each kilowatt hour of electricity
energy and the tax on stock of
foreign corporations, and had re
duced certain franchise taxes, hav
ing the measure ready for action
by the Senate, reconvening Mon
day at noon.
These changes had been expect
ed, just as the Senate is expected,
but not without a fight, to accept
the measure about as presented by
its finance committee, which bill
is, in fact, almost exactly the reve
nue bill reported by the House Fin
ance committee. The House, after
more than a week of bitter strug
gling, amended its committee’s
bill, adding the tax and foreign
stocks and increasing certain
franchise taxes, and reducing the
three per cent sales tax to two
per cent. The Senate committee
has now returned it to its former
status.
The Senate will spend three to
five days on the measure, probab
ly sending it back to the House in
the last half of this, the 18th week
of the session. The House may
buck ati first, or it may accept the
bill as it will come back from the
Senate. If it bucks, then a confer
ence committee will be named and
the differences worked out. At any
rate, it seems safe to predict that
the Revenue measure finally a
dopted will not be far different
from the measure as it has now
come from the Senate Finance
committee, and as it earlier came
from the House Finance commit
tee.
Organized merchants of the
State, through Secretary Willard
L. Dowell, served notice in a let
ter to the General Assembly, that
they will attack and oppose the
general sales tax, on the ground
that it is unconstitutional.
Some House members who bit
terly opposed the sales tax, now
that the bill is passed, express the
hope that the Senate will increase
the rate from two to three per
cent, doubting if two per cent will
give enough to balance the budget.
A three per cent tax is expected
to pass the House easier now that
a two per cent tax did in the first
place. The Bowie-Cherry bloc, in
the ascendency at times, is now
definitely split and splintered, R.
G. Cherry deserting Tam C. Bowie
early last week and urging adop
tion of the sales tax committee
report.
Aichobgh the House had about
ICO public bills and a few local
measures on its calendar, accum
ulated during the week while it
was engaged with the Revenue
Bill, it took the usual week-end off,
deciding on the usual local bills
only for the brief Saturday ses
sion and returning Monday night.
The Senate, which has kept up and
disposed of its measures as they
arose, decided on the short Satur
day''sesion,. but to return at noon
Monday to the Revenue bill task.
As matters now stand, hope for
adjournment this week went a
glimmering. The Sejiate will ac
cumulate a heavy calendar this
week while it deals with the Reve
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nue Bill, but the House, meanwhile,
will be disposing of its calendar.
Near the end both houses can
knock out bills in a hurry—in con
trast to spending two hours last
week on one local bill—but best
bets are that the end of the ses
sion will not be reached until well
into next week. A possible, but not!
expected, deadlock on the Revenue
Bill may carry the end further a
way.
While 86 bills were ratified last
week, 76 of them were local meas
ures, leaving only 10 State-wide
and half of those were ready for
ratification the week before. One
of the new ones permits transpor
tation, storing and handling of
beer, wine and other 3.2 per cent
beverages. The main machinery
bill, which sets up methods of lic
ensing, taxation, restrictions and
regulations on sale cf beer and
I wine, is under way and will be
passed this week.
One new law provides for regu
lation of automobile liability rates;
another allows tobacco boards of
trade to make rules governing the
sale of leaf tobacco at auction;
still another allows trustees-of the
State University to contract for
and finance erection of a State Col
lege athletic stadium from funds
other than State general revenues;
another permits donor to special
purposes to fix salaries of State
employees handling .work support
ed by such donations.
To last week 843 measures had
been ratified," 242 originating' in
the Senate and 601 in the. ..House.
New bills introduced Hast week
were 94, 27 Senate and 07 Hduse,
malting the total to date 1978, or
690 Senate and 1388’ House. Many
are local measures, while many
others amend or supplement acts
already passed by this General
Assembly.
Excitement was caused in the
House Friday when a lobbyist as
ejected from the hall for insistent
efforts to get his name placed in
the omnibus bill as a member of
his county board of education while
that was being considered. He lat
er apologized to Speaker Harris
for his floor activity. Many local
fights and fueds reached the Gen
eral Assembly in that bill, especi
ally, and also in the justice of the
peace omnibus bill. The education
board bill, amended extensively
was passed by the House. Other
fights wili go with it to the floor
of the Senate this week.
Few bills of general interest
were introduced the past week,
most of them being last-minute
bills and changes in laws already
! passed.
j Three of the new ones deal with
■banks and banking. One would per
mit public funds to be deposited in
certain qualified banks without re
quiring collateral bonds or secur
ities.' Another would amend the
banking laws so as to promote the
orderly liquidation of closed and
insolvent banks in the State. Then,
too; a new bill would require the
Commissioner of Banks to report
names of attorneys and auditors
and the amount paid them in bank
liquidation.
Legal bills include: amending
the 1931 law on release of land
upon payment of tax on each par
ticular piece and- provide for sub
rogation and contribution to those
paying taxes on, lands Of others;
providing for assessment .and col
lection of a specific tax on defici
ency judgments for foreclosure of
liens founded upon and evidenced
by mortgages on real estate and
land contracts; change the standard
insurance policy.
Other new bills of a public nat
ure are:
Resolution that the General As
sembly adjourn by April 30.
Impose a privilege tax on those
receiving compensation for per
mission to fish in streams stocked
by the State.
Place the names of certain Con
federate veterans and widows on
the pension roll. (The usual omni
bus pension bill).
Relative to payment of self-in
surers under Workmen’s Compen
sion law.
Regulating fees (at 50 cents)
for issuing certificates of incum
berance as required for crop liens
and Federal chattel mortgages.
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Lost 20 Pounds
FEELS MUCH BETTER
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pounds from June 28th to Jan, 10.
Feel better than have felt for four
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Kruschen did all and more than I
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er, Minn. (Jan. 10, 1933)..
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NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the au
thority contained in that certain
deed of trust made by Mrs. Sallie
E. Twisdale and H. F. iwisdale, her
husband to me as trustee, dated the
11th day of September, 1928, and
recorded in Book 389, at Page 297,.
in the Halifax County Registry, de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the note evidencing the
said indebtedness, I will, on Sat
ruday, the 13th day of May, 1933,
at the hour of 12:00 o’clock, Noon,
in front of the banking house of
the Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany, in Roanoke Rapids, N. C.,
offer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for CASH, the
following described piece, parcel or
lot of land lying and being in Roa
noke Rapids Township, Halifax
County, North Carolina, to-wit:
The same being the Eastern one
half of Lot No ONE (1) which was
conveyed to one Mrs. Ella Burton
by deed of W. O. Thompson et ux,
and as shown on the map or plot
of the property known as Lots
Southwest from Rosemary, N. C.,
made by C. E. Foster, C. E., March
20th, 1917; reference to which said
deed and map is here made for
greater certainty of description.
The said lot as a whole fronts 50
feet on the North side of the State
Highway, a one-half, the same be
ing the Western half, having been
conveyed to Mrs. Sallie E. Twisdale
by deed of Mrs. Ella Burton on the
11th day of September, 1928.
This the 14th day of April, A.
D., 1933.
F. L. NASH, Trustee.
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